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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jackdaw McGraw" data-source="post: 8573330" data-attributes="member: 7021534">In my version of Forgotten Realms, The Grand Temple of Waukeen is also the central bank of Amn. The Council of Five see the Temple as honorable, neutral arbiters in trade and necessary to Amn's trade dominance. The Temple has developed an infrastructure of clerics in major trade ports who can either cast sending and/or have access to sending stones (I imagine the Temple has at most 2 or 3 pairs). Sending stones are extraordinarily difficult to create. The material component is two stones, mined from two different copper mines, on the same day, by twin brothers. It only works once. A new pair or twins and a new pair of mines are needed for each set of paired stones.Also,Cormyr has a "Purple Pigeon" messenger network. Started as joke but now there's a dedicated guild of pigeon trainers and riders (horse riders, not pigeon riders).The Gryphon Calvary of Waterdeep is also used as a messenger service for outlying territories.Teleportation circles exist in some major temples, palaces, guildhalls, etc., but their rune combinations are guarded secrets. The limitation of "on the same plane" isn't exactly true for some powerful beings who would love juicy gateways into the Prime Material.Most messages are delivered via caravan service, delivered along regular trade lines with other goods.</blockquote>